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Originally posted by grayeagle
reply to post by incoserv
I will give it a try. Basically he states that for propaganda to be effective it needs to be directed at the sheeple not intellectuals. That it needs to be consistent and not change. Just repeated over and over without regard to evidence to the contrary, At a certain point of saturation the propaganda is totally embraced and accepted as the truth.
Originally posted by grayeagle
reply to post by incoserv
I will give it a try. Basically he states that for propaganda to be effective it needs to be directed at the sheeple not intellectuals. That it needs to be consistent and not change. Just repeated over and over without regard to evidence to the contrary, At a certain point of saturation the propaganda is totally embraced and accepted as the truth.
Originally posted by cody599
I think it was the BBC
But they did a brilliant documentry on how Hitler used the economic crisis and ruthless terms of surrender in Germany to turn the populace towards him and against the jews.
It happens in the middle east a lot as well, find a common enemy and unite the people against them, when Argentina invaded the Falklands it was a way to try and avoid he death knoll of the gov't at the time.
Watch out America this ploy may well apply to you as well
Originally posted by bjax9er
Originally posted by grayeagle
reply to post by incoserv
I will give it a try. Basically he states that for propaganda to be effective it needs to be directed at the sheeple not intellectuals. That it needs to be consistent and not change. Just repeated over and over without regard to evidence to the contrary, At a certain point of saturation the propaganda is totally embraced and accepted as the truth.
Kind of like how the democrats operate huh?